Lancaster tie up pro deal
Khan returns to Lune Road |
Lancaster Cricket Club have confirmed the signing of Pakistani all rounder Yannisar Khan as the Clubs Professional for 2013.
Yannisar is no stranger to Lancaster after having 2 spells at the Lune Road club in 2006 and 2007. He holds the record for most runs in a season for a Lancaster pro including a 166 not out.
In his two seasons with the club he made an impressive 947 runs taking 35 wickets in 2006, and followed that up with 785 runs and 23 wickets in 2007.
Lancaster Skipper Ben Simm was delighted with the signing:
"I am delighted to sign the man I wanted from the very start. I have tried to sign him for the last two years.
We remain friends from his time here and he got in touch with me about the possibilty of him signing for a club he has a genuine hunger to play at again which is obviously something I loved to hear.
He is really laid back and lovely guy but has a real love for cricket which is something the young team we have will appreciate.
He holds our most runs in a season for a professional record and also highest individual score of 166 which obviously shows his class and it is good to know what we are getting.
The thing about him is he is a genuine all-rounder and probably despite his stats here last time, he is more of a bowling all-rounder.
I am really excited with this signing and can not wait to work with a guy of his class both on and off the field"
Simm also talked about his sides chances in 2013 adding:
"We will go into the season hoping we can challenge for the title, especially after the second half of last season, but I am realistic to know that this will be very hard for us to do from where we have finished previous seasons. Signing someone of Jani's class does give us hope though.
Player wise we will hopefully have Charlie Swarbrick for the full season after his knee troubles have kept him from playing any rugby which is a shame for the lad as I know there were a lot of top clubs waiting to sign him. But it is great news that we will have him opening the batting for us.
Also we will have Jamie Heywood for the full year and hopefully he can score a bucket load or runs....he is netting an awful lot and hopefully will come on after his first full year after his accident.
We have also signed a decent young fast bowler to add to our already decent attack called Matt White. We hope he can push Liam( Moffat) and Iain (Perrieman) and Jani for the opening spots. Hopefully we will also have Burstow back playing.
There were a lot of guys playing their first full seasons in the NL and they should come on for that experience.
We have also added a club coach - Andrew Fletcher who rejoins the club. He has already been working in nets with everyone.
Preseason has been pretty much perfect except for me breaking my toe in the first nets off a brutal inswinging 50 mph yorker from Lee Sparks so I am out for 3 weeks.
The seconds will be stronger this year and there is real competition for places among both teams. Luckily I am Captain so have to be picked."
Stats of Yannisar Khan can be found here:
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Updated Pro List
Blackpool: Richard Gleeson
Chorley: Gaurav Dhar
Darwen: Alan Kruger
Fleetwood: Ian Holland
Kendal: Alex Doolan
Leyland: Luis Reece
Morecambe: Vishal Triphati
Netherfield: Colin Ackermann
St Annes: Toby Bulcock
Lancaster CC aim to impress |
